Dr. Vin Gupta

As Surgeon General nominee, third in line, Ben, her claim to fame is having a supplement line.

You know, it seems like you have to be profiting off the profession of medicine to be the Surgeon General nominee.

And so it's all to say none of the docs around this president are credible.

certainly his own medical physicians have have lost all credibility if you ask me and i would like i would just say you know why don't there's all these questions about his sleepiness i say this is a pulmonologist why not just release the report of his sleep study he is clearly overweight get a sleep study if they haven't already get one and release the report of that

and versus the curated filtered version of whatever they describe that sleep study to be, which very few people actually trust at this point.

I don't know if they're gonna do that, but if you're asking me what they should do, that's what they should do, but they're not gonna do it clearly because past is prolonged.

That was beautifully described, Ben, and completely accurate.

This is the concern.

For our audience out there, the Center for Medicaid and Medicaid Services just released an updated rule stating that they expect people on Medicaid

When given this issue of work requirements that you have now every six months, supposedly starting very soon, early 2027, if you're on Medicaid, you're gonna have to demonstrate, you're gonna have to submit paperwork every six months to your state Medicaid agency stating that you're working a pre-specified period of time.

There's a variety of rules.

I would encourage you to look it up if this affects you or a loved one.

What are those rules?

And if you, for example, cannot meet those work requirements, if you can't work because of a medical condition, usually, Ben, the expectation, and I think this is very sensible, is that people could self-attest that they could not work.

And I can tell you in many instances, I care for very sick patients, those out of the ICU, both in my reservist capacity in the U.S.

Air Force and also as a civilian intensive care unit physician.

I've seen a lot of people, Ben,

for whatever reason, may not be able to make it into a clinical visit with me, but at baseline are not doing well because they've been in the ICU for a period of time and just have a poor functional status or have terrible emphysema and just can't get around all that well anymore and don't need me to state the obvious.

But what are they now saying?

They're basically saying that you can no longer self-attest that you